Philippe Garner, International Head and Sonja Ganne, European Director, 20th Century Decorative Art & Design said: “Tonight’s sale was a homage to the great personalities, designers, collectors and patrons who so marked their era in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s and, of course, to the pioneering vision of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé as collectors.”

Other leading highlights of the €59.1 million sale, a world record for a collection of 20th Century Decorative Arts, include Eileen Gray’s lacquered sideboard, 1915-1917, which sold for €3.9 million, estimated €3,000,000 - €5,000,000 and her ‘satellite’ hanging lamp circa 1925 which realised €2.9 million, estimated at €600,000 - €800,000; François-Xavier Lalanne’s YSL bar, 1965, which sold for €2.7 million, estimated €200,000 - €300,000 and Jean Dunand pair of lacquered and gilt metal vases, 1925, which realised €3 million, estimated €1,000,000 - €1,500,000.